EditorialThe U.S. government’s debt to emancipated slaves and their descendants is more than 155 years overdue, an economist says. (Matt Williams/The New York Times)
EditorialSlave Emancipation; Or, John Bull Gulled Out Of Twenty Millions'. A Whig politician takes a note for £20 million out of John Bull's pocket. From left to right are shown: A slave-owner; A Whig politician; John Bull; A 'philosopher', an abolitionist dr...